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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 4816 Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 481610.5255/UKDA-SN-4816-1 The National Archives Copyright The National Archives UK Data Service 15 March 2004 WILLSPROBATE RECORDSLEGAL RECORDSLEGAL HISTORYADMINISTRATIVE HISTORYECONOMIC HISTORY HistoryLegislation and legal systemsMorbidity and mortalitySocial conditions and indicators <P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>This data set comprises a list of all extant Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills at The National Archives. Brief details including the testator's name, occupation and address for each of the 1015603 wills have been extracted. The will registers were transcribed and are linked via The National Archives online service to the original images. These images are not part of this study.<B>Main Topics</B>:<BR>This study is concerned with the Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions will registers; written in English and covering the dates 1384 - 1858. The wills are primarily from the United Kingdom, although the collection contains a number of wills from residents of other countries. For each will the following information has been transcribed, where available: forename(s), surname(s) and place.<br> 01 November 2001 - 31 October 200301 November 200131 October 2003 United Kingdom IndividualsCross-nationalNationalSubnational Persons whose wills were registered with the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1384-1858. Text Cross-sectional (one-time) study No sampling (total universe) Transcription of existing materialsPartial transcription <p>The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.</p><p>Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.</p> See <restrctn> https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 4816 2024-11-28T07:25:30Z ddi:codebook:2_5